Daily Devotional, Year 3 – July 28 (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 5: “Important Lesson From Genesis”)

By admin On February 16th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – July 28

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Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture,

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Part 4:

“Important Lesson From Genesis”

To read Part 1, Click here… “January 25th (The Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 1)”

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“As also in all his (Paul’s) epistles,

speaking in them of these things;

in which are some things hard to be understood,

which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,

as they do also the other scriptures,

unto their own destruction.“

2nd Peter 3:16

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The historical records give Cyrus I. Scofield credit for popularizing this false doctrine of the “Pre-Tribulation Rapture”, first invented by another 19th-century false Bible teacher, one John Darby of The Plymouth Brethren denomination.

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What Scofield and Darby did, was to presumptuously take the two words from 1st Thessalonian 4:17, the words, “caught up”, and their Greek counterpart, “harpazo”, and changed “harpazo” into its Latin counterpart, “ripere”, (taken from the Catholic Latin Bible), which is the Latin root for another English word, “rapture” (and other words).

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However, the word “rapture”, originally, was most commonly defined as being “in a state of euphoria”.

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**They then morphed “caught up”, a verb, into an exotic-sounding name, “The Rapture”. thus, turning it into a proper noun!**

Thus, by such a heretical wrestling with Scripture, Scofield/Darby then began to promote the idea that Christ would “rapture” His Church out of the world, just prior to the prophecies of Revelation being fulfilled.

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Cyrus Scofield – 1920 – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation”

Hebrews 9:28

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**And so, by such twisting of Scripture, Scofield/Darby now invented TWO second “Coming(s) of the Lord”, instead of the Biblical pronouncement of only one!**

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And thus, was now coined the name, “The Pretribulation Rapture”, and the second return, using the God-given name for the event, “The Coming of the Lord” on “the last day”

(see John, Chapter 6 for “last day” reference).

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Consequently, the Christian world was now being taught that there were, not one, but TWO separate returns of Christ!

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And if you missed out on the Christ’s first return, you now would, of course, now have a second chance!

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Very clever…and yet, very devilish!

John Nelson Darby – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE IN TYPOLOGY

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A few years back, an evangelical author published a book promoting the Pre-Tribulation Rapture.

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In that book, the author focused on various Old Testament stories, viewing them as allegories which seemed to support the idea that the Church will be literally removed from the earth prior to the unfolding of the Book of Revelation.

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Global Warning – Christ Coming by Julian Osley – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share Alike License

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THE PLAGUES UPON EGYPT

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But one very important event which the author completely avoided was the true historical account of the Old Testament Hebrews and the pouring out of the plagues upon Egypt.

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Not even a mention!

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Isn’t that odd considering those plagues upon Egypt so closely parallel the plagues found in Revelation 16?

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But, most likely, he avoided that account because God’s people still remained in the land, while the plagues were poured out all around them, yet, not on them!

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And this, of course, goes contrary to the notion that God’s people will be removed from earth prior to the last plagues being poured out upon the earth!

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Tissot – The Plague of Locusts – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“IN THE WORLD YE SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION”

John 16:33

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**Now one of the primary Bible passages which is commonly used to promote the so-called “Pre-Tribulation Rapture”, is found in Revelation 3:10…**

“Because thou (the Philadelphian Church) hast kept the Word of My patience,

I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,

which shall come upon all the world,

to try them that dwell upon the earth.”

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Pre-Tribulation Rapture adherents point to this verse as a proof that the Church will be taken out of the world, even though this verse does not say that.

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Oh yes, this above verse does indeed say that God will keep them from the hour.

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But He does not say that the Church will be literally removed from Planet Earth during that hour!

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Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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“Because thou (the Philadelphian Church) hast kept the Word of My patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”

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And let’s not forget that the Church of Philadelphia existed abound the end of the First Century, A.D.. So, was Jesus going to keep that early church from the hour of temptation? Most assuredly!

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And thus, the two big questions are just these:

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1 – How was Jesus going to keep them from the hour of temptation coming upon the whole world?

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2 – And just exactly what was the nature of that hour of temptation coming upon the whole world, way back in the days of this early church?

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Well, the church at Smyrna was going to be tried during that same period of time as the church of Philadelphia.

Listen…

“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:

behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison,

that ye may be tried;

and ye shall have tribulation ten days:

be thou faithful unto death,

and I will give thee a crown of life.”

Revelation 2:10

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So, what some members of the church of Smyrna had to endure at the cruel hand of Satan, the entire faithful members of the church at Philadelphia would escape!

Burned at the stake – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“For the time is come that judgment must begin…”

1st Peter 4:17

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The fact is, God’s people have been going through various forms of tribulation throughout the past two thousand years!

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**Listen again…“In the world ye shall have tribulation!” *John 16:33***

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So, today’s theologians, by confining this prophecy for the church of Philadelphia only to the last seven years of time, are completely wrong!

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**The “hour of temptation coming upon the whole world”, has always been a church-wide and worldwide event!**

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Listen again to Peter…

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God:

and if it first begin at us,

what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”

1st Peter 4:17

Torture devices – The Wheel – Calas Chapbook – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“Only with thine eyes shalt thou…see the reward of the wicked”

Psalm 91:8

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And the very great similarity between those Egypt plagues and the plagues of Revelation, Chapter 16, make this comparison very necessary and very relevant.

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Did God keep His people from the hour of trial?

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Yes, the plagues fell all around them!

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And even though they were still in the world, they were totally unharmed by those plagues.

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Thus, God kept His people from the hour of trial.

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Judgment Day

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“COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE!”

Revelation 18:4

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This is just one more reason why this whole notion of the so-called Pre-Tribulation Rapture, is full of inconsistencies.

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But all those who have received a love for truth, will consider this and the many other inconsistencies which together make this Pre-Tribulation Rapture an impossible idea!

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And because of this and the many other great errors in today’s church-world, they will find it necessary to join the end-time exodus out of spiritual Babylon, the harlot church.

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James Tissot – The Flight of the Prisoners – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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TO READ PART 6, CLICK HERE…

SEPTEMBER 18 (Darby & Scofield’s Pre-Trib Rapture, Part 6: “The Last Trumpet” CONTINUED)

Angel with trumpet – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to study my Bible for myself, and let me not by led astray by the errors which have overtaken today’s church-world…

Prayer-for-USA-Wikimedia

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

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THE 5 OFFICES OF ORION

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But like most of the other Signs which this website reveals, Orion too, has much more to say as he changes his position in the sky.

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And this Soldier in the Heavens puts on different garb, as he presents the five awesome aspects of his various offices.

…From ‘Orion the Soldier’,

…and ‘Orion the Reaper’,

…and ‘Orion the Archer’,

**…and ‘The Cross of Orion’,**

…and last but certainly not least, “Orion, The Good Shepherd”.

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This amazing constellation presents a very complex revelation of the God’s magnificent love for a fallen planet.

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So read on and discover, “things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:35

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TOMORROW…

July 29 (What’s An Aristaphagist!? Part 2: “Eat For Strength!”)

Averrhoa carambola Fruit – Wikipedia – Averrhoa carambola Fruit – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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The Open Forum Talk Show with Harold Camping

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE TALK-SHOW – – The Open Forum Harold Camping May 9, 2002 (youtube.com)

Harold-Camping – courtesy Family Radio

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